Damaged undersea cables disrupting service

[ronjor]

-{ Quote: "Parts of Asia, the Middle East, and Europe experienced Internet and telephone outages Friday when three undersea cables between Italy and Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea were damaged.

The affected cable systems, which run from Alexandria in northern Egypt to Sicily in southern Italy, carry more than 75 percent of traffic between the Middle East, Europe, and the United States." }-Story (http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10127123-94.html)

[JRViejo]

-{ Quote: "In January, undersea cables outside Alexandria were also damaged, disrupting about 70 percent of the communications network in India and the Middle East." }-
Sounds fishy (pun intended) to me!

[Az7]

Today my max download speed is : 3KB/s. (Riyadh SA)
Read more about this cable (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEA-ME-WE_4)

[DVD+R]

This has happened in the past also, ships anchors tore up the cables :what: